It's the most wonderful time of the year... COOKIE SWAP TIME! I know that sounds a little exaggerated, but seriously, this tradition (now three years in the making) has become one of my favorite things about the holiday season. Not only do I get to look...

Can you believe I lived my entire life -- all 30 years -- without ever once having a slick of pumpkin roll? Yeah. But I fixed that this weekend. Oh. My. Goodness. How did I not know about this? Well, whatever the reason, that will never happen again. This...

Friends, I have turned a corner. A baking corner. I used to be terrified of baking. TERRIFIED. But the other day I did it, just for fun. No 'Sundays with Joy' recipe to tackle, no friends coming over, nada. I was just sitting on the couch, about ready to...

Cidade Maravilhosa... Look at that view. This is what puts Rio on the map as one of the most visited tourist spots in the world. When we first arrived the rain was pouring down and we thought we would not be able to see anything during our weekend there,...

I have never been a fan of carrots. They were always either too crisp (and hard to bite) or too mushy (and tasted like cardboard). So for a good part of my life I avoided them. That is, until my grandma made me carrots one night. Oh man, suddenly carrots...